Sorry, I am FRANTIC but need help ASAP PLEASE!

[PRINCPN]

I apologize in advance as I am sure this information is in the forum but I am so frantic at what I did I would just appreciate a review and your suggestions to proceed.  A sys admin friend of mine recommended your sw.  Here is what I did:

I just fdisk'd my two internal hard drives and both external USB drives.  Every file in my life was on those drives.  One internal SSD had just WIN 7 on it which I am reinstalling. The second internal had docs, pics and music on it which I synced with one of the external drives (also Fdisk'd).  The other external USB had a ton of other stuff which was only on it.

My friend suggested getting irecover, and I am happy to purchase full version if you tell me it will address and attempt recovery of these fdiskd drives internal and external.  Really the USB drives are the ones I need to recover first.

Please let me know and I will be happy to send anyone my cell number to speak with asap.  Thanks again  Phil

[Joep]

Hello,

By "fdisk'd" you mean you re-created partitions? In that case you will need iRecover. If the disks were re-partitioned the same way as they were before then you follow standard procedure: http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/forum/index.php/topic,368.0.html

If you have only deleted partitions another option would be DiskPatch to undelete them (in place).

[PRINCPN]

Thank you Joep. I used FDisk.  The specific commands were 1) delete partition or logical dos drive (which I think is just a prompt to get you to the next menu) and then 2) delete non-dos partition, (which I think was the actually delete command)  Stopped after I realized I did two drives I didn't want to.

Does that help clarify / make a difference which I use?  Thanks again for your prompt reply.

[Joep]

Hello,

DiskPatch should work then. Advantage is that your partitions will be undeleted 'in-place'. With iRecover you'd need another disk to copy data to, with DiskPatch you don't.

[PRINCPN]

okay thanks again.  i am running the diskpatch trial to create a support analysis log.  it is scanning the drive now.  it is 2tb, so i think it is going to take a while

[PRINCPN]

Here is the log file from the internal HD.  I am guessing I can do the same thing again for each of the external USB drives? Thanks again for the help and letting me know what you think.


.../000:01/LOG> ### LOG START ###
.../000:01/LOG> DISKPATCH 3.5.300
.../000:01/LOG> (C) 2000-2009 DIY DataRecovery
.../000:01/LOG> Contact info: http://HTTP://www.DIYDataRecovery.nl
.../000:01/LOG> MemFree: 60Kb
.../000:01/LOG> CommandLineParms: /sup
.../000:01/LOG> LogDate: 10-06-2011
.../000:01/CFG> FilePath="C:DPFILES\"
.../000:01/CFG> ReadRetries="32"
.../000:01/CFG> WriteRetries="32"
.../000:01/CFG> MaxReadErrors="32"
.../000:01/CFG> MaxWriteErrors="1"
.../000:01/CFG> LogEachReadError="1"
.../000:01/CFG> ReadDelay="0"
.../000:01/CFG> VfyFixedBadSect="1"
.../000:01/CFG> CleanAfterDOD="1"
.../000:01/CFG> DiskReset="1"
.../000:01/CFG> SectorSkip="1024"
.../000:01/CFG> AutoSaveState="1"
.../000:01/CFG> DumpFoundSectors="0"
.../000:01/CFG> FixFats="1"
.../000:01/CFG> MaxFatScan="51200"
.../000:01/CFG> MaxDataColEntries="256"
.../000:01/CFG> IgnoreF8FF="0"
.../000:01/CFG> DownSizeExt="1"
.../000:01/CFG> ScanSignature="55AA"
.../000:01/CFG> Rebuild="00"
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H installed test requested
.../000:01/13H> Disk found at 128
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H version: EDD-3.0
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H Support: Extended disk access functions
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H Support: Enhanced disk drive functions
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H Flags: Cylinder/head/sector info is valid
.../000:01/13H> Drive Interface Info:
.../000:01/13H> Disk 128 X13H data : 972/255/63 15622144/512
.../000:01/13H> Disk found at 129
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H version: EDD-3.0
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H Support: Extended disk access functions
.../000:01/13H> Drive Interface Info:
.../000:01/13H> Disk 129 X13H data : 16383/16/63 3907029168/512
.../000:01/13H> Disk found at 130
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H version: EDD-3.0
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H Support: Extended disk access functions
.../000:01/13H> Drive Interface Info:
.../000:01/13H> Disk 130 X13H data : 16383/16/63 117231408/512
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H tested ok
.../000:01/FDL> DiskList requested
.../000:01/FDL> Disk found at 128
.../000:01/FDL> Disk found at 129
.../000:01/FDL> Disk found at 130
### DISKLIST.ARRAY ###
__D_|________LBA_|___H_|__S_|__GB_|__GEO
128 | ..15622144 | 255 | 63 | ..7 | BIOS
129 | 3907029168 | 255 | 63 | 863 | BIOS
130 | .117231408 | 255 | 63 | .55 | BIOS
..0 | .........0 | ..0 | .0 | ..0 | BIOS
.../000:01/IAS> AdmiSector init complete for disk 0 (128)
.../000:01/IAS> AdmiSector init complete for disk 1 (129)
.../000:01/IAS> AdmiSector init complete for disk 2 (130)
.../000:02/EXE> Read/Write pattern test for disk 0 (128) successful
.../000:02/EXE> Read/Write pattern test for disk 1 (129) successful
.../000:03/EXE> Read/Write pattern test for disk 2 (130) successful
.../000:03/WAS> AdmiSectors in use : 0+ 1+ 2+
.../000:03/KEY> DEMO/1
.../000:03/PFC> PQstuff signature not detected on disk 0 (128)
.../000:03/PFC> PQstuff signature not detected on disk 1 (129)
.../000:03/PFC> PQstuff signature not detected on disk 2 (130)
.../000:03/PFC> UDMA driver not loaded
.../000:03/PFC> Disk health not checked
.../000:04/PFC> Partition State backup not found on disk 0 (128)
.../000:04/PFC> Partition State backup not found on disk 1 (129)
.../000:04/PFC> Partition State backup not found on disk 2 (130)
.../000:04/PFC> No Repair date found on disk 0 (128)
.../000:04/PFC> No Repair date found on disk 1 (129)
.../000:04/PFC> No Repair date found on disk 2 (130)
.../001:56/CSD> Start CheckDisk for disk 1 (129)
.../001:56/CSD> CheckDisk complete, ReadErrors 0
.../001:56/USD> Disk 1 (129) selected
.../001:56/GSC> First DP run, geo info for disk 1 (129) not yet recorded
.../001:56/WAS> AdmiSectors in use : 0+ 1+ 2+
129/001:56/USD> MBR for disk 1 (129)
129/001:56/LOG> SectorDump requested at 0 (0 0 1)
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320   05 00 07 8B F0 AC 3C 00 74 09 BB 07 00 B4 0E CD  |  ...‹ð¬<.t.»..´.Í
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352   24 02 C3 49 6E 76 61 6C 69 64 20 70 61 72 74 69  |  $.ÃInvalid parti
368   74 69 6F 6E 20 74 61 62 6C 65 00 45 72 72 6F 72  |  tion table.Error
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448   21 00 07 DF 13 0C 00 08 00 00 00 20 03 00 00 00  |  !..ß....... ....
464   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |  ................
480   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |  ................
496   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 AA  |  ..............Uª
###
129/001:56/VEC> Start Verify EPBR Chain for disk 1 (129)
129/001:56/VEC> Listing current partitions on disk:
129/001:56/VEC>     NTFS (P)  System Rese        2048      204800       (0 Gb)
129/001:56/VEC> Partition Table info for sector 0 (0 0 1)
129/001:56/LOG> PartListDump requested at 0 (0 0 1)
### _ACT_|_TYPE_|__START--C/H/S_|__END----C/H/S_|__LBA-start_|_LBA-length
..1 .128 | ..07 | ....0..32..33 | ...12.223..19 | ......2048 | ....204800
..2 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0
..3 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0
..4 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0
129/001:56/VEC> 55AA sig Ok
129/001:56/LOG> Boot sector dump requested at 2048 (0 32 33)
### BootSectorDump for BStype NTFS
...........Jump Code (hex): EB5290
............OEM Name (txt): NTFS
....Bytes per Sector (dec): 512
.Sectors per Cluster (dec): 8
....Reserved Sectors (dec): 0
..............Unused (hex): 0000000000
....Media Descriptor (hex): F8
..............Unused (hex): 0000
...Sectors per Track (dec): 63
.....Heads per Track (dec): 255
......Hidden Sectors (dec): 2048
..............Unused (hex): 00000000
.............Unknown (hex): 00800080
.......Total Sectors (dec): 204799
........MFT Location (dec): 8533
.MFT Mirror Location (dec): 2
....Clusters per FRS (dec): 246
.Clusters/Indx Block (dec): 1
...........Volume ID (hex): 2CA06DBDA06D8E60
........Volume Label (txt): System Rese
............Checksum (hex): 00000000
....Sector Signature (hex): AA55
129/001:56/VEC> BS and BBS equal
129/001:56/VEC> Verify EPBR Chain completed
129/001:57/USD> Select disk completed
129/002:05/SCN> DiskScan requested, ScanType is 3
129/002:05/SCN> from 0 (0 0 1) to 3907029167 (243201 80 63), 3907029168 sectors
129/002:05/SCN> Starting QuickScan (vista) at 2048 (0 32 33)
129/002:05/SCN> Next QuickScan location at 206848 (12 223 20)
129/002:06/SCN> Next QuickScan location at 3907024896 (243201 13 13)
129/002:06/SCN> Next QuickScan location at 0 (0 0 1)
129/002:07/SCN> QuickScan finished
129/002:07/SCN> Starting SmartScan (vista) at 0 (0 0 1)
129/002:07/RDS> Read past EOD intercept for disk 129 at 4294967295 (267349 89 4)
129/314:29/SCN> SmartScan finished
129/314:29/SCN> DiskScan completed
129/314:29/SCN> ReadErrors for disk 1 (129): 0
129/464:31/LOG> DataCollection items found: 9 / 4
### DATACOLLECTION.ARRAY, FULL ###
SEQ_|___D_|________LOC_|____TYPE_|__COM_|______START_|_____LENGTH_|__PL_|_F
001 | 129 | ......2048 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ......2048 | ....204800 | PRI | .
002 | 129 | ....206847 | ...NTFS | .BBS | ......2048 | ....204800 | PRI | .
003 | 129 | ....206848 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ....206848 | 3906818048 | PRI | .
004 | 129 | 3907024895 | ...NTFS | .BBS | ....206848 | 3906818048 | PRI | .
005 | 129 | .........0 | ...NTFS | PTE1 | ......2048 | ....204800 | PRI | .
006 | 129 | ......2048 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ......2048 | ....204800 | PRI | I
007 | 129 | ....206847 | ...NTFS | .BBS | ......2048 | ....204800 | PRI | I
008 | 129 | ....206848 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ....206848 | 3906818048 | PRI | I
009 | 129 | 3907024895 | ...NTFS | .BBS | ....206848 | 3906818048 | PRI | I
129/464:31/LOG> DataCollection items found: 9 / 4
### DATACOLLECTION.ARRAY, CLEANED ###
SEQ_|___D_|________LOC_|____TYPE_|__COM_|______START_|_____LENGTH_|__PL
001 | 129 | ......2048 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ......2048 | ....204800 | PRI
002 | 129 | ....206847 | ...NTFS | .BBS | ......2048 | ....204800 | PRI
003 | 129 | ....206848 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ....206848 | 3906818048 | PRI
004 | 129 | 3907024895 | ...NTFS | .BBS | ....206848 | 3906818048 | PRI
005 | 129 | .........0 | ...NTFS | PTE1 | ......2048 | ....204800 | PRI
129/464:31/LOG> PartList items created: 2
### PARTLIST.ARRAY ###
SEQ_|____TYPE_|_PTE_|__BS_|_BBS_|F8FF_|___S_|___L_|__PL_|_C_|___R
001 | ...NTFS | ..5 | ..1 | ..2 | ..0 | ..5 | ..5 | ..5 | 3 | ..A
002 | ...NTFS | ... | ..3 | ..4 | ..0 | ..3 | ..3 | ..3 | 2 | ..A
### PARTLIST.ARRAY.INTERPRETED ###
SEQ_|____TYPE_|______START_|_____LENGTH_|________END_|__PL_|___R_|___A
001 | ...NTFS | ......2048 | ....204800 | ....206847 | PRI | ..A | ..V
002 | ...NTFS | ....206848 | 3906818048 | 3907024895 | PRI | ..A | ..V
129/464:31/SST> SaveState requested for disk 1 (129)
129/464:31/WAS> AdmiSectors in use : 0+ 1+ 2+
129/464:32/SST> SaveState completed for disk 1 (129)
129/464:32/EXE> Analysis complete
129/464:42/LOG> RunTime: 464:42
129/464:42/LOG> ### CLOSE LOG ###

[Tom]

The log shows a large volume that might be recoverable, number 2 in the list.  I'd say go ahead and see if the repair leads to good results. It looks good from here. Look at this for details:
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_ptrepair.htm

[PRINCPN]

Thank you for the prompt reply.  When you say #2 on the list, I just want to make sure it is this one you are referring to: 129 | 3907029168 | 255 | 63 | 863 | BIOS.

If I read the list correctly from the log above, the 7 GB drive is the USB stick, the 55GB is the SSD drive that I reloaded windows on (which I dont need to recover), so I am thinking this remaining drive was the 2TB internal? 

I will follow the instructions you referenced once I complete the log scan for the first of my external USB drives which is running now.  Really, thanks again.

[Tom]

### PARTLIST.ARRAY.INTERPRETED ###
SEQ_|____TYPE_|______START_|_____LENGTH_|________END_|__PL_|___R_|___A
001 | ...NTFS | ......2048 | ....204800 | ....206847 | PRI | ..A | ..V
002 | ...NTFS | ....206848 | 3906818048 | 3907024895 | PRI | ..A | ..V

Number 2.
This list is the same list that is shown after the DiskPatch scan.
Mind you, if that first volume contains something you need you should simply select that too.

[PRINCPN]

After running the log scan for the first external USB drive, a message appears and says No entries, State File for disk 3 (131) not created.  Looking through support but dont find exactly what that means.

Here is the log file for this USB external drive:

.../000:01/LOG> ### LOG START ###
.../000:01/LOG> DISKPATCH 3.5.300
.../000:01/LOG> (C) 2000-2009 DIY DataRecovery
.../000:01/LOG> Contact info: http://HTTP://www.DIYDataRecovery.nl
.../000:01/LOG> MemFree: 60Kb
.../000:01/LOG> CommandLineParms: /sup
.../000:01/LOG> LogDate: 10-07-2011
.../000:01/CFG> FilePath="C:DPFILES\"
.../000:01/CFG> ReadRetries="32"
.../000:01/CFG> WriteRetries="32"
.../000:01/CFG> MaxReadErrors="32"
.../000:01/CFG> MaxWriteErrors="1"
.../000:01/CFG> LogEachReadError="1"
.../000:01/CFG> ReadDelay="0"
.../000:01/CFG> VfyFixedBadSect="1"
.../000:01/CFG> CleanAfterDOD="1"
.../000:01/CFG> DiskReset="1"
.../000:01/CFG> SectorSkip="1024"
.../000:01/CFG> AutoSaveState="1"
.../000:01/CFG> DumpFoundSectors="0"
.../000:01/CFG> FixFats="1"
.../000:01/CFG> MaxFatScan="51200"
.../000:01/CFG> MaxDataColEntries="256"
.../000:01/CFG> IgnoreF8FF="0"
.../000:01/CFG> DownSizeExt="1"
.../000:01/CFG> ScanSignature="55AA"
.../000:01/CFG> Rebuild="00"
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H installed test requested
.../000:01/13H> Disk found at 128
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H version: EDD-3.0
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H Support: Extended disk access functions
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H Support: Enhanced disk drive functions
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H Flags: Cylinder/head/sector info is valid
.../000:01/13H> Drive Interface Info:
.../000:01/13H> Disk 128 X13H data : 972/255/63 15622144/512
.../000:01/13H> Disk found at 129
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H version: EDD-3.0
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H Support: Extended disk access functions
.../000:01/13H> Drive Interface Info:
.../000:01/13H> Disk 129 X13H data : 16383/16/63 3907029168/512
.../000:01/13H> Disk found at 130
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H version: EDD-3.0
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H Support: Extended disk access functions
.../000:01/13H> Drive Interface Info:
.../000:01/13H> Disk 130 X13H data : 16383/16/63 117231408/512
.../000:01/13H> Disk found at 131
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H version: EDD-3.0
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H Support: Extended disk access functions
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H Support: Enhanced disk drive functions
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H Flags: Cylinder/head/sector info is valid
.../000:01/13H> Drive Interface Info:
.../000:01/13H> Disk 131 X13H data : 65535/64/32 976773168/512
.../000:01/13H> Ext13H tested ok
.../000:01/FDL> DiskList requested
.../000:01/FDL> Disk found at 128
.../000:01/FDL> Disk found at 129
.../000:01/FDL> Disk found at 130
.../000:01/FDL> Disk found at 131
### DISKLIST.ARRAY ###
__D_|________LBA_|___H_|__S_|__GB_|__GEO
128 | ..15622144 | 255 | 63 | ..7 | BIOS
129 | 3907029168 | 255 | 63 | 863 | BIOS
130 | .117231408 | 255 | 63 | .55 | BIOS
131 | .976773168 | .64 | 32 | 465 | BIOS
.../000:01/IAS> AdmiSector found on disk 0 (128)
.../000:01/IAS> AdmiSector found on disk 1 (129)
.../000:01/IAS> AdmiSector found on disk 2 (130)
.../000:01/IAS> AdmiSector init complete for disk 3 (131)
.../000:02/EXE> Read/Write pattern test for disk 0 (128) successful
.../000:02/EXE> Read/Write pattern test for disk 1 (129) successful
.../000:03/EXE> Read/Write pattern test for disk 2 (130) successful
.../000:03/EXE> Read/Write pattern test for disk 3 (131) successful
.../000:03/WAS> AdmiSectors in use : 0+ 1+ 2+ 3+
.../000:03/KEY> DEMO/1
.../000:03/PFC> PQstuff signature not detected on disk 0 (128)
.../000:03/PFC> PQstuff signature not detected on disk 1 (129)
.../000:03/PFC> PQstuff signature not detected on disk 2 (130)
.../000:03/PFC> PQstuff signature not detected on disk 3 (131)
.../000:03/PFC> UDMA driver not loaded
.../000:04/PFC> Disk health not checked
.../000:05/PFC> Partition State backup not found on disk 0 (128)
.../000:05/PFC> Partition State backup not found on disk 1 (129)
.../000:05/PFC> Partition State backup not found on disk 2 (130)
.../000:05/PFC> Partition State backup not found on disk 3 (131)
.../000:05/PFC> No Repair date found on disk 0 (128)
.../000:05/PFC> No Repair date found on disk 1 (129)
.../000:05/PFC> No Repair date found on disk 2 (130)
.../000:05/PFC> No Repair date found on disk 3 (131)
.../000:56/CSD> Start CheckDisk for disk 3 (131)
.../000:56/CSD> CheckDisk complete, ReadErrors 0
.../000:56/USD> Disk 3 (131) selected
.../000:56/GSC> First DP run, geo info for disk 3 (131) not yet recorded
.../000:56/WAS> AdmiSectors in use : 0+ 1+ 2+ 3+
131/000:56/USD> MBR for disk 3 (131)
131/000:56/LOG> SectorDump requested at 0 (0 0 1)
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131/000:56/VEC> Start Verify EPBR Chain for disk 3 (131)
131/000:56/VEC> Listing current partitions on disk:
131/000:56/VEC> No partitions found
131/000:56/VEC> Partition Table info for sector 0 (0 0 1)
131/000:56/LOG> PartListDump requested at 0 (0 0 1)
### _ACT_|_TYPE_|__START--C/H/S_|__END----C/H/S_|__LBA-start_|_LBA-length
..1 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0
..2 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0
..3 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0
..4 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0
131/000:56/VEC> 55AA sig Ok
131/000:56/VEC> Verify EPBR Chain completed
131/000:56/USD> Select disk completed
131/001:01/SCN> DiskScan requested, ScanType is 3
131/001:01/SCN> from 0 (0 0 1) to 976773167 (476940 1 16), 976773168 sectors
131/001:01/SCN> Starting QuickScan (vista) at 2048 (1 0 1)
131/001:01/CDC> No DataCollection entries, CleanDatacollection aborted
131/001:01/MPL> No DataCollection entries, MakePartList aborted
131/001:01/SCN> Next QuickScan location at 0 (0 0 1)
131/001:01/SCN> QuickScan finished
131/001:01/SCN> Starting SmartScan (vista) at 0 (0 0 1)
131/001:01/RDS> Read past EOD intercept for disk 131 at 4294967295 (2097151 63 32)
131/062:08/SCN> SmartScan finished
131/062:08/SCN> DiskScan completed
131/062:08/SCN> ReadErrors for disk 3 (131): 0
131/063:09/CDC> No DataCollection entries, CleanDatacollection aborted
131/063:09/LOG> No DataCollection entries, dump aborted
131/063:09/LOG> No DataCollection entries, dump aborted
131/063:09/MPL> No DataCollection entries, MakePartList aborted
131/063:09/LOG> No DataCollection entries, dump aborted
131/063:09/SST> SaveState requested for disk 3 (131)
131/063:09/SST> No analysis data for disk 3 (131), SaveState aborted
131/067:34/EXE> Analysis complete
131/069:20/LOG> RunTime: 069:20
131/069:20/LOG> ### CLOSE LOG ###

[Joep]

Hello,

With what were those partitions originally created? You're doing the Vista aligned scan, but this will only find partitions *created* with Windows Vista (and higher). Try cylinder aligned scan as well. If that does not work (no results) it may be due to the current disk geometry (64 heads / 32 sectors). Use 'set custom geometry' in the options menu to change this to 255 heads / 63 sectors, then rescan.

[PRINCPN]

Thanks Joep, I will do this next.  Guess what?  The restore worked perfectly on my internal drive!  ALL MY FILES restored!  What a relief.  I had a little trouble following the directions, so I had to rebuild my C drive and windows, but it restored the drive I had all my files on perfectly the way they were before I fdisk'd it.  Unbelievable. I am just reinstalling some software now but I think we won half the battle! USBs up next in a few.

[Tom]

Not sure I understand this bit

I had a little trouble following the directions, so I had to rebuild my C drive and windows

but nevermind that. Good to hear you're doing well.

[PRINCPN]

Hi Joep.  I took a little breather over the weekend to make sure I wasn't rushing through all of this.  I started my restore of the above USB external drive yesterday afternoon using your instructions.  It finished this morning, and all my files have been restored, amazing!  Two for two!.  I am just creating a USB boot-able stick so I can run a scan on the last remaining external USB drive and I will post it.  Thanks again for your help, really have been a lifesaver...More to come

[PRINCPN]

Okay last USB drive restored in five minutes.  I restored four hard drives with your software, NO PROBLEM!  Unbelievable, my sincere thanks!  Now, time to do some backups!  Cheers!